I just purchased an extra battery kit. Will it discharge the spare battery more faster when leaving it inside the charger?
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I recently bought one of those Brando music docks for the k-jam, works great and charges the k-jam at the same time. Is it ok to leave the k-jam in the dock all night, even if it is fully charged? Will it degrade the battery at all? Does the wizard have any auto-stop charging mechanism built in to stop overcharging the battery?
Thanks.
Almost, if not all, electronics have microprocessors in their batteries and charger boards (in the device) to read the battery state. As a result, they will not charge the battery when it is full. That is an important safety feature as if you continue to send juice into a fully charged battery it can explode.
The Wizard, as with any electronic, will continously replenish lost power to the battery when it drops below 100% (to bring it back to 100%) and as a result you shouldn't leave it on the charger for extended periods (like a week or more) as the natural discharge rate will drop the battery level and kick in this charging.
So, to answer you question simply... No, there is no harm i leaving your phone on the charger all night. The right status LED will be solid green when charging is complete and you can just take her with you in the morning .
Thanks alot!! It looks so good in its dock...
I've been lookin at solar charges for a while, but reluctant on buying one for my tilt. I don't know the performance and if the tilt would be too strong for a solar charger. I'm not very good when it comes to batteries so if someone could clear up exactly what volts and mAh and the 1300, 1900, 2200 numbers mean I would be extremely grateful. Is there a solar charger out there that can charge the tilt? If so, and if compatible, is the Solio charger a viable solar panel charger for it? Thanks a bunch in advance!
Regards,
-K-
Volts are potential, or how much electricity wants to get somewhere. For instance, 3.7v isn't very much, so it won't try to get to ground very hard. On the other hand 10,000v is a lot, so the electricity might try and jump through the air to get to ground.
mAh is a measure of battery capacity. "A" stands for Ampres, or Amps. An amp is a measure of how much electricity is flowing through a wire. A milli-amp or mA is 1/1000 of an amp. A mili-amp hour is the amount of electricity it takes to keep 1 mA flowing through a wire for one hour. So the Kaiser battery, which is 1350 mAh, could keep 1mA flowing through a wire for 1350 hours, or 1350 mA flowing through a wire for 1 hour. Since the kaiser battery life is something around 10 hours, the power usage is more like 135mA for 10 hours.
In practical terms, the more mAh your battery is rated for, the longer it will last. The Kaiser stock battery is 1350 mAh. Also available are 1500, 1600, 2400, 2800, 3000, etc mAh batteries. The 2800mAh battery should in theory provide twice the battery life. However, the battery is very large and sticks out of the back of your phone, making it bigger in your pocket. There are plenty of solar chargers that can charge the tilt. The easiest way to do it would be to find a 12v solar pannel with a car power jack. Then get a car power adapter for your Tilt, and plug into the pannel. Depending on the size of the pannel, the amount of light, and the position of the pannel, charging might be slower or faster. With a large pannel, it is probable that the Tilt will charge just as fast as when plugged into an outlet. Look for a pannel with at least a 5 watt power rating.
I posted about brando's solar USB chargers in another thread about usb power packs.
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Hi guys,
I have really huge problem! When i connect my htc tytn to charger ( wall charger or usb, same thing) it drains battery ! There is orange light like it is charging, but it goes from 100% to 0 in an hour! Battery works fine... 2 - 3 days... and because i can't charge it over usb, i am using nokia charger, cut the wires, took battery out and connect + to +, - to - and that's how i charge it for the last few days! Does anyone has any idea why is this happening? I have wm 6.1 pays rom i think it is 3.05
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i warn angst doing this as this could over charge the battery and when a Lithium Iron or Polymer is over charged they burst into flames or explode and spread nasty toxic chemicals every where. if this be the case it may be time to try a new rom and see if that fixes your problem, try someone elce's charger if this wont fix your problem it may bet time for a new mainboard as these have the charging circuit built in
lithium rechargeable are compact high energy storages devices, and if not charged properly become dangerous
I had charging issues with my 8125 - it would charge with the charger, but when I unplugged the charger (it would read 100%, say I charged from 52% to 100% or something), it would drop really low to like 25% or 23% - sometimes it dropped all the way, and I could no longer get the battery to charge because my travel charger was 500mA and the original charger was 1A - it didn't have enough power.
I had to give it a boost by using a 9V battery and twist ties - touching the battery like you are doing here. I did it for 15 seconds a couple times, popped it in, and it had enough juice to start charging. However, I wouldn't want to do this too long on it as the battery got warm pretty quick and I saw a glimpse of smoke at one point.
After being cautious and not letting it lose charge all the way again, after a few charges it seems to have improved. It no longer drops battery power when unplugging and seems to work as it should.
Not sure if yours drops when you unplug it like mine was, or if it steadily drains while plugged in. Anyways, I thought my charger was just wacked, but it is working fine now after a few charges and being careful and keeping a close eye on things....I also thought it was the battery, but I ordered a new OEM battery, popped it in, and when I unplugged the charger that battery dropped and lost power as well. Now I have two batteries and both seem to work ok, but I did have to play around with them a lot and it did take a few charges before they started working like they should again. I'm not sure what was going on, because it couldn't have been the battery (I replaced it with a new one), and now the charger is acting properly.
Granted, this is all with an 8125 which is older, but there may be something in common here. All I know is it does seem to be fixed and it didn't require any additional purchases or replacements.
sounds like the charging circuits are wacked, this could be caused by dry joints on the charger "smart" chip, but a little heads up with Li-Ion, they don't like gettin wet, (sweat included) once they have been wet they become a fire hazard, (ultramag69 help me out here, remember that one you gave me that was full of mud?!?).
they also don't like going below their threshold voltage of 2.1v per cell, (i think 2.1 for now) after that the battery becomes a resistor and is not worth trying to shock back into life with a 9V battery, as these have a protection circuit built in, as well once in this state they become another fire hazard, it may be worth buying a cheap $30 butane soldering iron with surface mount attachment and just going over some of the areas located round and on the opposite side of the battery, every thing under the silver covers is RF shielded and not worth trying to reflow.
just don't keep the heat on too long, as you may and will desolder components on the opposite side of the board.
other than that if the charger is giving +5 volts respective to its ground, its fine, the difference between the 1A and 500mA chargers is the rate at which its charges the battery, slower is better for Li-Ion due to battery construction for the life span of the battery (if you get more than 6 months out of one your doing good by manufactures standards)
heck even try checking the phones USB connector, it may be stuffed or shorted
I bought a generic QI charger (there isn't so much choice in HK for QI chargers) to use with my N7 and N4.
My N7 (stock rooted) charges no problem, with a cover as well.
My N4 (CM 10.1.3) on the other hand just does not charge. The QI charger indicates that the phone is on the plate and the phone says it is charging via "wireless", however when I take the phone off the charging plate after say a few hours the battery indicator has only gone up 1-2% and sometimes not even changed. I have the N4 in a poetic bumper and I haven't taken off the plastic that came with the phone on the back. The phone charges fine when plugged into a wall charger.
I should also add the phone gets quite warm when I take it off the charger.
Any thoughts?
This seems like your phone is spending more power than what it receives.
Use better battery stats app to check any drains and some battery application to see how many ma your phone receives during wireless charging.
I have also a Chinese noname qi charger and charges my nexus at 450 -500ma.
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I got a cheap generic qi charger from ebay, it stated its output was 1.2 amps, it charged it well but sometimes it would lose its connection or throttle, check your battery graph and see if charging was consistent,
Does anyone know of a battery charger for the zerolemon 10k battery. I really don't want to tie up my phone for 18-24 hrs.